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PnliMefl eyery Tnesday, at Doylestow, Penna. 



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ON JANUARY 1st, 1873. 



iForeman of 3ob lie^artinent : 

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Jfovcman of j\Tc\Dspajpet JDciiartmcnt : 
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Composftors : 
W. J. LIVEZEY, WILLIAM R. RAIKE, 

E. EDWIN SCHEETZ, GLENVILLE LEAR, 

HUGH B. CAMPBELL, ARTHUR K. THOMAS, 

BENJAMIN H. BRYAN. 

Collector.-CnART.EfS IVIICIIE.lfER. 



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BY EDGAR A. POE. 



/^NCE upon a midnight, drcnry. wliile I poiitlerod, weak and weary, 

Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore- 
While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, 



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As of some one gently rap[)ing, rapping at my chamber door ; 
"'Tis some visitor," I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door—* 

Only this, and nothing more." 

Ah ! distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December, 
And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor. 
Eagerly I wished the morrow ; — vainly I had sought to borrow 
f'rom my books surcease of sorrow — sorrow for the lost Lenore — 
For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore — 

Nameless here for evermore. 

And the silken sad uncertain rustling of each purple curtain 
Thrilled me— lilled me with fantastic terrors never felt before ; 
So that now, to still the beating of my heart, I stood repeating — 
" 'Tis some visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door: 
Some late visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door, 

This it is, and nothing more.'* 

Presently my soul grew stronger ; hesitating then no longer, 
"Sir," said I, "or Madam, truly your forgiveness I implore; 
But the fact is I was napping, and so gently you came rapping. 
And so faintly you came tapping, tapping at my chamber door. 
That I scarce was sure I heard you" — here I opened wide the door: — 

Darkness there, and nothing more. 

Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, 
Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before : 
But the silence was unbroken, and the stillness gave no token, 
And the only word there spoken was the whispered word " Lenore !" 
This I whispered, and an echo murmured back the word " Lenore !" 

Merely this, and nothing more. 




Bacl^ into the chamber turning, all my soul within me burning, 
Soon again I heard a tapping something louder than before. 
"Surely," said I, "surely that is something at my window lattice; 
Let me see, then, what thereat is, and this mystery explore — 
Let my heart be still a moment, and this mystery explore : — 

'Tis the wind, ana nothing more. 



Open here I flung the shutter, when, with many a flirt and flutter, 
Jn there stepped a stately Raven of the saintly days of yore. 
Not the least obeisance made he ; not a minute stopped or stayed he 

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But, with mien of lord or lady, perched above my chamber door- 
Perched upon a bust of Pallas, just above my chamber door — 

Perched and sat, and nothing more. 



Then this -ebony bird beguiHng my sad fancy into smiling. 

By the grave and stern decorum of the countenance it wore, 

"Though thy crest be shorn and shaven, thou," I said, "art sure no craven. 

Ghastly, grim, and ancient Raven wandering from the nightly shore — 

Tell me what thy lordly name is on the night's Plutonian shore?" 

Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore." 

Much I marvelled this ungainly fowl to hear discourse so plainly, 
Though its answer little meaning— little relevancy bore ; 
For we cannot help agreeing that no living human being 
Ever yet was blessed with seeing bird above his chamber door — 
Bird or beast upon the sculptured bust above his chamber door, 

With such name as "Nevermore." 

But the Raven, sitting lonely on that placid bust, spoke only 
That one word, as if his soul in that one word he did outpour. 
Nothing further then he uttered ; not a feather then ho fluttered — 
Till I scarcely more than muttered, " Other friends have flown before — 
On the morrow he will leave me, as my hopes have flown before." 

Then the bird said, "Never more." 

Startled at the stillness broken by reply so aptly spoken, 
"Doubtless," said I, "what it utters is its only stock and store. 
Caught from some unhappy master, whom unmerciful disaster 
Followed fast and followed faster, till his songs one burden bore — 
Till the dirges of his hope that melancholy burden bore. 

Of 'Never — n^ver more.'" 




But the Raven still beguiling all my sad soul into smiling, 
Straight I wheeled a cushioned seat in front of bird and bust and door; 
Then, upon the velvet sinking, I betook myself to linking 
Fancy unto fancy, thinking what this ominous bird of yore— 
What this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt, and ominous bird of yore- 
Meant in croaking "Never more." 



This I sat engaged in guessing, but no syllable expressing 

To the fowl whose fiery eyes now burned into my bosom's core ; 

This and more 1 sat divining, with my head at ease reclining 



THE RAVEN. 

On the cushion's velvet lining that the lamplight gloated o'er, 
But whose velvet violet lining with the lamplight gloating o er 

She shall press, ah, never more ! 



Then methought the air grew denser, perfumed I'rom an unseen censer 
Swung by seraphim, whose footfalls tinkled on the tufted floor. 
"Wretch!" I cried, "thy god hath lent thee — by these angels he hath sent thee 
Respite — respite and nepenthe from thy memories of Lenore ! 
QuaflF, oh, quaff this kind nepenthe, and forget this lost Lenore!" 

Quoth the Raven, "Never more." 

" Prophet !'■■ said I, "thing of evil! — prophet still, if bird or devil, 
"Whether tempter sent, or whether tempest tossed thee here ashore. 
Desolate, yet all undaunted, on this deseut land enchanted — 
On this home by horror haunted— tell me truly, I implore — 
Is there— w there balm in Gilead ? — tell me — tell me, I implore !' ' 

Quoth the Raven, " Kcver more. " 

"Prophet!" said I, "thing of evil — prophet still, if bird or devil! 
By tliat heaven that bends above us — by that God we both adore — 
Tell this soul with sorrow laden, if, Avithin the distant Aidenn, 
It shall clasp a sainted maiden, whom the .ingels name Lenore— 
Clasp a rare and radiant maiden, whom the angels name Lenore?" 

Quoth the Raven, "Never mote." 

"Be that word our sign of parting, bird or fiend!" I shrieked, upstarting 
" Get thee back into the tempest and the night's Plutonian shore ! 
Leave no black plume as a token of that lie thy soul hath spoken ! 
Leave my loneliness unbroken ! — quit the bust above my door ! 
Take thy beak from out my heart, and take thy form from off my door!" 

Quoth the Raven, "Never more!" 



"^HE RAVEN. 

And the Raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting, 
On the pallid bust of Pallas, just above my chamber door ; 
And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon's that is dreaming, 
And the lamplight o'er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor; 
And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor 

Shall be lifted — never more I 



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Entered according to Art of Cnnffresa, in the year 1865, !»/ D. SCA TTERGOOD, in the Clcrk-R Office of I/ik 
District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. 



Post Offices in Bucks County. 



Andalusia Bensalem. 

Applebachsville Haycock. 

Attleborough Middletown. 

Bedminster Bedminster. 

Bensalem Bensalem. 

Bridge Valley Warwick. 

Bridgewater Bensalem. 

Bristol Bristol Borough. 

Brownsburg Upper Wakefield. 

Buckingham Buckingham. 

Buckmanville Upper Makefield. 

Bucksville INockamixon. 

Bursonviile Springfield. 

Carve^ sville Solebury. 

Centre Bridge Solebury. 

Churchville Southampton. 

Danborough Plumstead. 

Davisville Southampton. 

Dolington Upper Makefield. 

Doylestown Doylestown Borough. 

Dublin , Bedminster. 

Durham Durham. 

Eddington Bensalem. 

Edgewood 1-ower Makefield. 

Emilie, Bristol. 

Erwinna Tinicum. 

Falisington Falls. 

Feasterville Southampton. 

Fountainville Plumstead. 

Gardenville Plumstead. 

Gery's Milfoid. 

Hagersville.. Hockhill. 

Hartsville. Warminster. 

Hilltown Hilltown 

Holland Northampton. 

Hulmeville Middletown. 

Kintnerville Nockamixon, 

Lahaska Buck ngliaru. 

Lumberville... Solebury. 

Mechanicsville Buckingham. 

Milford Square Milford. 

Morrisville Morrisville Borough. 

Moyer's Store Hilltown. 

Neshaminy Warrington. 

New Britain New Britain. 

New Hope New Hope Borough. 

Newportville Bristol. 

Newtown Newtown Borough. 

Oakford Southampton. 

Ottsville Nockamixon. 

Oxford Valley Falls. 

Penn's Park Wrightstown. 

Pineville ^^ rightstown. 

Perkasie Bockhill. 

Pipersville Bedminster. 

Pleasant Valley Springfield. 

Plumsteadville Piumsteiid. 

Point Pleasant Plumstead. 

Quakertown Quakt-rtown Borough. 

Richborough Northampton. 

Richland Centre Richland. 

Richlandtown Richland. 

Riegelsville Durham. 

Schlichter's Rockhill. 

Sellersville Rockhill. 

Spinnerstown Milford. 

Springtown .... Springfield. 

Steinsburg ^^ ilford. 

Taylorsville Upper Makefield. 

Trumbauersville Milford. 

TuUytown Bristol. 

Uhlertown Tinicum. 

Upper Blacks' Eddy. ..Nockamixon. 

Warminster Warminster. 

Warrington Warrington. 

Whitehallville New Britain. 

Wismer Plumstead. 

Wrightstown Wrightstown. 

Yardleyville Lower Makefield. 

Zion'8 Hill Springfield. 



County Officers! 



Congress. — Alfred C. Harmer. 

Senator. — Jesse W. Knight. 

Representatives. — Samuel Darrah, George E. 
Hegeman. 

Sheriff'.— .John M. Purdy. 

Coroner.— J. Wilson Closson. 

District Attorney.— Thomas H. Heist. 

Prothonotary.— Seth C. Vanpelt. 

Register. — fcsse II. Atkinson. 

Rfcoider — J. Watson Case. 

Ck-i k of Orphans' Court. — Isanc G Thomas. 

Clerk of Sessions.— A. Siwith Dudbridge. 

Jury Commissioners.— Amos Jacoby, John 
Wildman. 

County C immissioners.— John Knecht, Ben- 
jamin Wiggins. Abraham Thompson. 

Trea>urfr. — Levi Trauger. 

Directors of the Poor. -Jesse Ahlum, James 
S. Pool, Edward Buckman 

Auditors. — John N. SoUiday, James C. Iden, 
Isaiah Delaney. 

County Surveyor. — M. D. Frankenfield. 



Courts* 



President Judge.— Henry P. Ross. 

Additional Law Judge. — Stokes L. Roberts. 

Associate Judges. — Joseph Morrison, Wm. 
Godshalli. 

Courts of Quarter Sessions. Oyer and Terminer, 
&c.. are held on the first Monday in February, 
the fourth Monday in April, the second Monday 
in I'eptember.and the first Monday in December. 

Adjourned Courts are held on the third Mon- 
day in January, the second Monday in March and 
June, and the first Thursday in November. 



Insurance Companies* 



Bucks County Contributionship, for the secu- 
rity of Property against Fire, Morrisville. 

Danborough Live Stock Insurance Company, 
Dan boron !ih. 

F.irmers' American Mutual Fire Insurance 
Company, Durham. 

Farmers' and Mechnnics' Mutual Insurance 
A'<sociiition. Lahaska. 

Lahaska Fire Insurance Company, Lahaska. 

Whitehall Mutual Fire Insurance Company, 
Whitehallville. 

Line Lexington Mutual Fire Insurance Com- 
pany, Line Lexington. 

Newtown Fire Insurance Company, Newtown. 



Banks* 



Doylestown National Bank— Directors meet 
every Wednesday. 

Farmers' National Bank, Bristol. — Directors 
meet on Tuesday and Friday. 

First National Bank of Newtown. — Directors 
meet every Tuesday. 

Newtown Banking Company. — Discounts every 
day. 

Qu;ikertown Savings Bank —Discounts every 
day. 

J. Hart & Go's Bank, Doylestown. 



Notaries Public. — Henry C. Michener and 
Albert P. Schurz, Doylestown; Joseph B. Rob- 
erts, Newtown ; Joshua V. Buckman, Bristol. 



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